Hear His Voice Today Hebrews 3:15

According to the writer of Hebrews, “we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end”. In chapter three and verse fifteen of Hebrews we see the writer share more about this condition as he exhorts his readers ,“Today if you will hear his voice” where we read:

While it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

The verse begins, “While it is said, To day if you will hear his voice,...” The writer began with the words, “While it is said” which means “in, with and by it is uttered, spoken, affirmed and maintained” “Today” which refers to “this very and present day and happening” “if you will hear” or “in case you will hearken, give audience, attend to and consider” “his voice” which means “God's sound and speech”. There was a certain time period in which the idea of the “present” time would be available for people to “give audience and consider”.

The verse goes on to say, “ ...harden not your hearts, as in the provocation”. The writer continued, “harden not” which means “do not make hard, obstinate and stubborn”, “your hearts” or “the reader's center of all physical and spiritual life”, “as in the provocation” which refers to “the wilderness time of irritation and rebellion”. God provided exhortation for people to listen to Him rather than making their “hearts hard” like the children of Israel did in the wilderness.

When we think through these words in Hebrews, we realize how patient and caring the Lord is. He gave opportunity for people to listen rather than make themselves “obstinate” and “rebellious” against Him. Jesus Christ made a way for people everywhere to obtain “eternal life”, and those who believe in Him as Savior and Lord shall never die spiritually. Those who “harden” their “hearts” like the children of Israel did in the wilderness, shall never know the everlasting life He has promise to those who trust Him.

Next time we see the writer share how God was “some, when they had heard, did provoke”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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